Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No 1) (Cth)

Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999No. 15

We, Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, make the following rules of court under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.

Dated 5 February 1999.

M.E.J. BLACK C.J.

J.F. GALLOP J.

B.A. Beaumont J.

M.R. WILCOX J.

J.E.J. SPENDER J.

J.C.S. BURCHETT J.

J.A. MILES J.

D.M. RYAN J.

R.S. FRENCH J.

M.C. LEE J.

J.W. von DOUSSA J.

D.G. HILL J.

M.F. O’LOUGHLIN J.

D.F. O’CONNOR J.

T.J. HIGGINS J.

P.C. HEEREY J.

D.P. DRUMMOND J.

R.E. COOPER J.

A.P. WHITLAM J.

C.J.S.M. CARR J.

M.F. MOORE J.

C.M. BRANSON J.

J.H. MATHEWS J.

K.E. LINDGREN J.

B.J.M. TAMBERLIN J.

R. SACKVILLE J.

S.M. KIEFEL J.

R.D. NICHOLSON J.

P.D. FINN J.

R.A. SUNDBERG J.

S.R. MARSHALL J.

J.R.F. LEHANE J.

A.M. NORTH J.

R.N. MADGWICK J.

R. MERKEL J.

J.R. MANSFIELD J.

A.H. GOLDBERG J.

A.R. EMMETT J.

R.A. FINKELSTEIN J.

M.S. WEINBERG J.

L.S. KATZ J.

P.G. HELY J.

S.C. KENNY J.

 

Judges of the Federal

Court of Australia

W.G. SODEN

Registrar

 

Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999No. 152

made under the

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

   

Contents

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1Name of rules

 These rules are the Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These rules commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Federal Court Rules

 Schedule 1 amends the Federal Court Rules.

Schedule 1Amendments

(rule 3)

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[1]Order 27, subrule 9 (1)

substitute

• (1)

  The Court may, of its own motion or on the motion of any person having a sufficient interest, set aside the subpoena wholly or in part.

[2]Order 58, subrule 1 (1), definition of decision

omit

 Commissioner or Secretary, as the case may be;

insert

 Commissioner;

[3]Order 58, subrule 1 (1), definition of Secretary

omit

[4]Order 58, Part II, heading

substitute

Part IIAppeals from decision, etc of Commissioner

[5]Order 58, subrule 4 (1)

omit

 or Secretary

[6]Order 58, subrule 4 (2A)

omit

 or Secretary, as the case requires,

[7]Order 58, subrule 4 (4)

omit

 or Secretary, as appropriate,

[8]Order 58, rule 6, heading

substitute

6Provision of documents by Commissioner

[9]Order 58, rule 6

omit

 or Secretary, as the case may be, shall:

insert

 must:

[10]Order 58, paragraph 6 (a)

omit

 or Secretary’s

[11]Order 58, subrule 8 (1)

omit

 or Secretary

[12]Order 58, rule 9

omit

 or Secretary

[13]Order 77, subrule 22 (1)

substitute

• (1)

  This rule applies if the Court dismisses a creditor’s petition or grants leave for a creditor’s petition to be withdrawn.

[14]Order 77, after rule 22

insert

22AOrder extending petition

• (1)

  This rule applies if the Court makes an order under subsection 52 (5) of the Bankruptcy Act.

• (2)

  Within 2 days after the order is made, the applicant creditor must:

  • (a)

    enter the order; and

  • (b)

    give a copy of the order to:

    • (i)

      any person who has consented to act as the trustee of the debtor’s estate under section 156A of the Bankruptcy Act; and

    • (ii)

      the Official Receiver for the District in which the order was made.

 

Notes

1. These rules amend Statutory Rules 1979 No. 140, as amended by 1980 No. 87; 1982 Nos. 217 and 408; 1983 No. 264; 1984 Nos. 9 and 258; 1985 Nos. 16, 97, 168 and 227; 1986 Nos. 61, 157 and 324; 1987 Nos. 73, 174 and 197; 1988 Nos. 14, 54, 144, 217 and 306; 1989 Nos. 50, 253 and 318; 1990 Nos. 72, 102, 276, 319, 414 and 453; 1991 Nos. 70, 249, 395 and 461; 1992 Nos. 43, 44, 86, 87, 186, 330, 421 and 453; 1993 No. 40, 45, 137. 225 and 290; 1994 Nos. 63, 130, 224, 279, 332 and 463; 1995 Nos. 31, 46, 239 and 449; 1996 Nos. 29 and 308; 1997 Nos. 82, 87, 143, 174, 204, 277 and 425; 1998 Nos. 224, 297 and 323.

2. Made by a majority of Judges of the Federal Court of Australia on

5 February 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette